Building Raised Garden Beds

Building the garden beds can be a family affair. Here’s a throwback to building our raised beds from scratch on top of the ground.

It was originally pasture so we tilled to break up the sod and let it die off a couple of times.

Then we used rolls of paper under the beds themselves. We use cardboard whenever we can so it will last longer than paper.

Followed by adding the soil to the beds only and mulch to the paths in between.

Just for reference, our beds are the standard commercial market garden size of 30 inches (2.5ft) wide and we kept them all 50ft long. Paths are 18 inches (1.5ft) wide.

Stakes are in the corners of each bed so we use twine to outline the beds and paths while building them. We also use the twine the same way when we weed/cultivate/and amend each bed too. It works better with a line to see instead of guessing where the line might be.